commitment

com·mit·ment

 (kə-mĭt′mənt)

n.

1. The act or an instance of committing, especially:

a. The act of referring a legislative bill to committee.

b. Official consignment, as to a prison or mental health facility.

c. A court order authorizing consignment to a prison.

2.

a. A pledge or obligation, as to follow a certain course of action: a public official's commitment to uphold the Constitution.

b. Something pledged, especially an engagement by contract involving financial obligation.

3. The state of being emotionally or intellectually devoted, as to a belief, a course of action, or another person: a profound commitment to the family.

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commitment

(kəˈmɪtmənt)

n

1. the act of committing or pledging

2. the state of being committed or pledged

3. an obligation, promise, etc that restricts one's freedom of action

4. (Parliamentary Procedure) the referral of a bill to a committee or legislature

5. (Law) law Also called (esp formerly): mittimus a written order of a court directing that a person be imprisoned

6. the official consignment of a person to a mental hospital or prison

7. commission or perpetration, esp of a crime

8. (Stock Exchange) a future financial obligation or contingent liability

Also called (esp for senses 5, 6): committal

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com•mit•ment

(kəˈmɪt mənt)

n.

1. the act of committing.

2. the state of being committed.

3. the act of committing, pledging, or engaging oneself.

4. a pledge or promise: to make a commitment to pay bills on time.

5. engagement; involvement: a sincere commitment to religion.

6. perpetration or commission, as of a crime.

7.

a. consignment to or confinement in a prison, mental hospital, or other institution.

b. a court order to confine someone in an institution.

8. the act of referring a bill or proposal to a committee.

[1605–15]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	commitment - the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose; "a man of energy and commitment" committedness serious-mindedness, earnestness, seriousness, sincerity - the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice investment - the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result; "this job calls for the investment of some hard thinking"; "he made an emotional investment in the work"
	2.	commitment - the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team" allegiance, loyalty, dedication communalism - loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole consecration - a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal); "his consecration to study" cooperation - joint operation or action; "their cooperation with us was essential for the success of our mission" devotion - commitment to some purpose; "the devotion of his time and wealth to science" enlistment - the act of enlisting (as in a military service) faith - loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; "keep the faith"; "they broke faith with their investors"
	3.	commitment - an engagement by contract involving financial obligation; "his business commitments took him to London" involvement, participation, involution, engagement - the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities" incurrence - the act of incurring (making yourself subject to something undesirable)
	4.	commitment - a message that makes a pledge dedication subject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about oath, swearing - a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury affirmation - (religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds) promise - a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future assurance, pledge - a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something; "an assurance of help when needed"; "signed a pledge never to reveal the secret"
	5.	commitment - the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) committal, consignment confinement - the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them

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commitment

noun

1. dedication, loyalty, devotion, adherence a commitment to the ideals of Bolshevism
dedication wavering, indecisiveness, vacillation

2. responsibility, tie, duty, obligation, liability, engagement I've got too many commitments to take on anything more right now.

3. pledge, promise, guarantee, undertaking, vow, assurance, word We made a commitment to keep working together.
pledge negation, disavowal

Proverbs
"In for a penny, in for a pound"
"One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb"

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commitment

noun

An act or course of action that is demanded of one, as by position, custom, law, or religion:

burden, charge, duty, imperative, must, need, obligation, responsibility.

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Translations

الْتِزام

závazek

forpligtelse

BindungEngagementHingabeObligoVerbindlichkeit

δέσμευση

compromisoobligación

velvollisuus

obligation

elkötelezettség

skuldbinding

impegnopromessa

forpliktelseforpliktingoverlatelseoverlatingtvangsinnleggelse

sorumlulukyükümlülük

所承担的义务承诺

commitment

[kəˈmɪtmənt] N

1. (= obligation) → obligación f
he has heavy teaching commitments → tiene muchas obligaciones como profesor
family commitments → obligaciones familiares

2. (= pledge) to give a commitment to do sth → comprometerse a hacer algo
she would give no commitment → no quiso comprometerse

3. (= devotion) → entrega f, devoción f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

commitment

[kəˈmɪtmənt] n

(= engagement) → engagement m
commitment to sth (= devotion to) → engagement dans qch

(= obligation) → responsabilité f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

commitment

n

(= obligation) → Verpflichtung f; (= dedication) → Engagement nt; his family commitments → seine familiären Verpflichtungen pl; his teaching commitments → seine Lehrverpflichtungen pl; there’s no commitment (to buy) → es besteht kein(erlei) Kaufzwang; to make a commitment to do something (form) → sich verpflichten, etw zu tun; the trainer demands one hundred per cent commitment from his team → der Trainer verlangt von seiner Mannschaft hundertprozentigen Einsatz; his commitment to his job is total → er geht völlig in seiner Arbeit auf; political/military commitment → politisches/militärisches Engagement; he is frightened of commitment (in relationship) → er hat Angst davor, sich festzulegen

(Parl, of bill) → Überweisung f → an den (zuständigen) Ausschuss

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commitment

[kəˈmɪtmənt] n (responsibility) → impegno; (devotion) → dedizione f
he refused to make any commitment → ha rifiutato d'impegnarsi in alcun modo

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commit

(kəˈmit) – past tense past participle comˈmitted – verb

1. to perform; to do (especially something illegal). He committed the murder when he was drunk. begaan يَرْتَكِب извършвам cometer spáchat begehen begå διαπράττωcometer toime panema مرتکب شدن suorittaa commettre לְבָצֵע מָשֵהו שְׁלִילִי करना počiniti elkövet melakukan fremja commettere 犯す (죄 등을) 저지르다 įvykdyti, padaryti izdarīt melakukan begaanbegå popełniać ارتكاب كول: باور كول انتقالول، دجرم ارتكاب كول: وعده وركول: بندى كول cometer a comite, a să­vârşi совершать spáchať storiti, zakriviti počiniti begå, föröva ทำความผิด yapmak, işlemek 做(壞事)，犯法 вчиняти کرنا ، سر انجام دینا phạm phải 做（坏事），犯法

2. to hand over (a person) to an institution etc for treatment, safekeeping etc. committed to prison. toevertrou يودِعُ في السِّجْن поверявам entregar předat, odsoudit übergeben indlægge; indsætte κλείνω κπ. σε ίδρυμα κτλ. internar (kedagi) (kuhugi) toimetama تحویل دادن passittaa faire interner לְאַשפֵּז भेजना predati, izručiti átad memasukkan afhenda; setja í affidare 引き渡す (시설에) 수감하다 perduoti, patikėti nodot; ieslodzīt memasukkan laten opnemen, gevangen zettenovergi, innlegge powierzać, osadzać تحویل ورکول entregar a trimite помещать; заключать uväzniť zapreti uputiti överlämna, ta in ส่งให้ kapamak, yatırmak 將某人押送或移送至…，將某人移送收押監禁 ув'язнювати سپرد کرنا trao hoặc chuyển ai tới một nơi an toàn ��ể chữa trị 把...押交

3. to put (oneself) under a particular obligation. She has committed herself to looking after her dead brother's children till the age of 18. verbind يَلْتَزِم задължавам comprometer-se zavázat se sich verpflichten forpligte sig δεσμεύωcomprometerse (end) siduma مقید کردن؛ متعهد به انجام کاری کردن sitoutua s'engager לְחָייֵב वादा करना povjeriti, predati elkötelezi magát melibatkan skuldbinda (sig) impegnarsi 約束する 떠맡다 į(si)pareigoti uzņemties saistības menyerahkan op zich nemenforplikte, binde zobowiązywać się يو څوك د يو كار تر سره كولو ته اړ كول comprometer-se a se angaja (să) связать себя обязательствами zaviazať sa naložiti (si) dolžnost posvetiti se förbinda (åtaga) sig มีพันธะ kendini adamak, üstlenmek 使(自己)承諾 зв'язати себе зобов'язанням پابند ہونا cam kết 使作出保证

comˈmitment noun

obligation. She could not take the job because of family commitments. verpligtinge الْتِزام ангажимент compromisso závazek die Verpflichtung forpligtelse δέσμευση, υποχρέωσηcompromiso, obligación kohustus تعهد؛ قول sitoumus obligationמחויבות वादा obveza elkötelezettség kewajiban skuldbinding impegno 責任 일, 의무 pareiga, įsipareigojimas saistības tanggungan verplichtingforpliktelse, bindende avtalezobowiązanie اړتيا، مجبوريت، قيد تعهد compromisso obligaţie обязательство záväzok obveza obaveza åtagande, förpliktelse ความรับผิดชอบ yükümlülük, sorumluluk 所承擔的義務，承諾 зобов'язання پابندی ، مجبوری lời cam kết 所承担的义务，承诺

comˈmittal noun

the act of committing (to an institution). toewysing, aanbeveling إحالَةٌ إلى سِجْن أو مُؤسَّسه поверяване internamento uvěznění die Bindung, die Verpflichtung indlæggelse; fængsling εγκλεισμός σε ίδρυμα κτλ. reclusión (kuhugi) toimetamine تعهد passitus internement הַעֲבָרָה לְמוֹסָד व्यक्ति को जेल या मानसिक अस्पताल में भेजना upućivanje rábízás pemasukan fangelsun; innilokun á hæli carcerazione; internamento 収容 수감 perdavimas nodošana; ieslodzīšana pemasukkan opname, gevangenzettingkjennelse powierzenie ژمنه internamento arestare; internare помещение; заключение uväznenie izročitev slanje u zatvor överlämnande, häktning การให้สัญญา hapse atma, akıl hastanesine kapatma (işi) 收押 ув'язнення پابند ہونا sự tống giam 关押

comˈmitted adjective

pledged to do, or to support, something. He was committed to looking after his uncle; He is a committed socialist. betrokke, verbonde مُلْتَزِم بِ задължен empenhado zavázaný, angažovaný verpflichtet engagere sig ταγμένος comprometido, entregado pühendunud متعهد شده sitoutunut engagéמחויב वचनबद्ध, प्रतिबद्ध predan elkötelezett bersumpah skuldbundinn; staðfastur impegnato 献身した 약속한 pareigingas, atsidavęs nodevies; apsolījies; saistījies komited geëngageerd, toegewijdforpliktet, engasjert zobowiązany تعهد شوه empenhado devotat; dedicat (cuiva) преданный идее angažovaný zadolžen (za koga/kaj); privržen posvećen engagerad ซึ่งมีพันธะ kendini adamış 承諾的 той, що взяв на себе зобов'язання; відданий پابند ہونا tận tụy 承诺的

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com·mit·ment

n. obligación, compromiso.

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